Don Hale Blog

  *Pictured above - prolific Northern Ireland  author  Eileen McCourt S pecial Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature Welcome to a new author feature about  Eileen McCourt.   Report by Don Hale:  https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Eileen McCourt is a retired schoolteacher of English and History with a master’s degree in history from University College Dublin.  She is a prolific author, writer, and researcher, and she has now  completed  over 50 varied books which have all been published by the popular North Wales based company . Eileen lives in Northern Ireland, and her very first book ‘Living the Magic - Connecting the physical and spiritual worlds’ was published in 2014. It received much praise and numerous 5-star reviews.  Her books have also been featured by Amazon in America. This was the catalyst for her career as a spiritual author, with many books published to date. Her life is now devoted to healing and helping others a...

Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost Ship Mystery. Now available on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/4px2LbQ   How a true story inspired Sir  Arthur  Conan Doyle - the creator of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes - to write a fictional tale about the Mary Celeste, accepted as fact! This is a fascinating story by author Don Hale about how a ghost ship inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to investigate one of the world's most fascinating mysteries.  donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 When the brigantine Mary Celeste was first found abandoned and drifting helplessly in the Azores, just off the coast of Portugal in December 1872, speculative news of the crew being abducted or murdered by aliens, huge sea monsters, or pirates, no doubt inspired an inquisitive young Scottish schoolboy, Arthur Conan Doyle, to eventually write his own fictional tale.  Then aged just 13, and setting his mind to a medical career, it would be another 12-years before he finally put pen to paper whilst w...